Consultant Geriatrician ( Orthogeriatrics)

Employer: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Ealing Hospital

Town: Harrow

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 23/03/2025 23:59

Consultant Geriatrician (Orthogeriatrics)

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country, providing a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as a 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services, collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy .

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff:

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation , we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for the medical care of non-NOF patients over the age of 60 years who need to be reviewed by a Geriatrician within 72 hours of admission as per recommended best practice for fractures and will work alongside the existing Orthogeriatrician. There is also scope within the job plan for further service development. This will be agreed with the successful candidate, though it is anticipated this will involve improving patient care within the surgical directorate.

The post is based at Ealing Hospital and the post holder is expected to assist in the development of an innovative Orthogeriatrics service. The aim is to develop the existing Orthogeriatric service and in particular support the care of elderly patients admitted to the hospital with fragility fractures. The appointee will play a key role in the development of the services and contribute to the acute care of the Orthogeriatric patients and provide medical support to the treatment plan and discharge planning.

JD is pending Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be based on the Ortho ward at Ealing Hospital and be medically responsible for Orthopaedics patients on that ward alongside the existing Orthopaedics Consultants and Orthogeriatrician (approximately 10-15 patients each). On occasion there may be medical outliers on wards who will also be looked after by the medical Consultants based there. When bed pressures are extreme, there are Orthopaedics patients on other surgical wards, and the post-holder will also be expected to review those patients. This post holder should be able to give routine advice on younger people under the Orthopaedics teams and then, if needed, signpost them to more specialist medical teams.
• Deliver care alongside the existing orthogeriatrics team to develop the orthogeriatrics service, ensuring our elderly trauma patients receive the best possible treatment to optimise patient outcomes.
• Provide oversight and clinical supervision for junior doctors attached to your team, alongside the Physician Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist. The post holder will be the educational supervisor for up to 3 trainees per year.
• Carry out a follow-up clinic from Orthopaedics discharges clinic. There will be opportunity to develop an area of sub-speciality (e.g., bone health, continence, ‘hot’ clinics). Typical clinic numbers are 5 new and 4 follow-up patients.

Person specification

Experience

• Years of experience working in an Orthogeriatric Unit.

Knowledge & Expertise

• Broad-based training in Geriatric Medicine and its subspecialties.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment, and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date, we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted, you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Sushen Bhattacharyya

Job title: Lead Orthopaedic Medicine/ Orthogeriatrics

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